Kami dipanggil ke hutan,
and we went down.
dan kami turun.
A wind wind blew warm and eloquent,
Angin bertiup hangat dan fasih,
We were searching for the secrets of the universe,
Kami mencari rahasia alam semesta,
we rounded up demons and forced them
Kami mengumpulkan iblis dan memaksa mereka
to tell us what it all meant.
untuk memberi tahu kami apa arti semua itu
We tied them to trees,
Kami mengikat mereka ke pohon,
and broke them down, one by one.
dan memecahkannya, satu per satu.
On a scrap of paper they wrote these words:
Di secarik kertas mereka menulis kata-kata ini:
(And as we read them, the sun broke,
(Dan saat kita membacanya, matahari pecah,
through the trees.)
melalui pepohonan.)
“Dread the passage of Jesus, for he will not return.”
“Dread the passage of Jesus, karena dia tidak akan kembali.”
Then we headed back to our world,
Lalu kami kembali ke dunia kita,
and left the forest behind,
dan meninggalkan hutan di belakang,
our hearts singing with all the knowledge of love.
Hati kita bernyanyi dengan segala pengetahuan tentang cinta.
But somewhere, somehow, we lost the message,
Tapi di suatu tempat, entah bagaimana, kita kehilangan pesan,
along the way,
sepanjang jalan,
and when we got home, we bought ourselves a house.
dan ketika kami sampai di rumah, kami membeli sebuah rumah.
And we bought a car that we did not use,
Dan kami membeli mobil yang tidak kami gunakan,
And we bought a cage,and two singing birds.
Dan kami membeli sangkar, dan dua burung bernyanyi.
And at night we’d sit and listen to the canary song.
Dan di malam hari kami duduk dan mendengarkan lagu kenari.
For we’d both run right out of words.
Karena kita berdua sama-sama lari keluar dari kata-kata.
Now the stars they are all angled wrong,
Sekarang bintang-bintang mereka semua siku salah,
and the sun and the moon refuse to burn.
dan matahari dan bulan tidak mau terbakar.
But I remember a message,
Tapi saya ingat sebuah pesan,
in a demon’s hand,
di tangan iblis,
“Dread the passage of Jesus, for he does not return.”
“Dread the passage of Jesus, karena dia tidak kembali.”
…he does not return
… dia tidak kembali
…he does not return
… dia tidak kembali